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Textile historian and weaver Ruth Gilbert is hosting an Early Modern Stocking Study Day on Saturday 24th March 2018, from 10am to 4pm, at the Loft Space, Britannia Mills, Huddersfield www.facebook.com/theloftspaceBritanniaMills/. Ruth is covering the evidence for early knitted stockings and its interpretation as well as knitting techniques, tools and yarn. A must for anyone interested in both the history as well as the practical reproduction of Early Modern knitted stockings.

Early Seventeenth Century Knitting from Copenhagen

“The materiality of textiles and clothing â under the surface” was a recent two-day workshop organised as part of the research programme, Costume, Clothing, Consumption and Culture. CCCC is investigating early modern textiles and dress and is run jointly between The Centre for Textile Research and the National Museum of Denmark.

Delegates from universities in Denmark, Finland, India, Great Britain and Italy, curators, conservators, students and a multi-disciplinary network of scholars gathered

Early seventeenth century knitted hats and gloves on display in the National Museum in Copenhagen. Photo by Paula Hohti

to visit the National Museum of Denmark and the Museum of Copenhagen, taking in the Renaissance exhibition, attending talks, discussionsÂ and a shoemaking demo. They also viewed early textiles from the reserve collections and excavated finds in the process of being conserved.

Paula Hohti has posted a well-illustrated report, including large pictures of early knitted hats, stockings, gloves and mittens not commonly seen outside Denmark.